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taipei. At least four people were killed and nine were injured in a smoke grenade throwing and knife attack in Taiwan’s capital Taipei on Friday. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an gave this information. The mayor said that the suspect jumped from a building to avoid arrest. Taiwan’s Central News Agency quoted police as saying that the suspect was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead.
According to local media reports, the suspect threw smoke grenades at a metro station near the city’s main railway station, causing people to run here and there. According to footage released by EBC, the man went to the metro one station ahead, got down there, came out of the station and then threw smoke grenades on the road. The video showed that the accused entered a shop attacking passers-by with a knife. Mayor Chiang Wan-an said that the condition of four of the injured was critical.
Taiwan’s Prime Minister Cho Jung-tai said one of the injured was a pedestrian who fell to the ground after the attack and suffered a heart attack before being taken to hospital. Another person had trouble breathing due to the smoke. Cho said the suspect’s background was being investigated and as a precaution, instructions had been given to increase security at railway and metro stations across the island.
